engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. >> so you remember van jones, president obama's portsmouther green -- former green jobs czar. he told the crowd he's happy that the president won a second term but is, quote, overjoyed that the back lashers lost, saying we just won a tremendous victory because we didn't bow down, buckle down and hand the country over to the worst people ever born. then he compared republicans to people who stand on a beach during a tsunami watching other people drown. >> who stand back and say huh, don't throw a rope. in fact, when he throws a rope, cut the rope. let the bodies pile up on the beach. let the pain accumulate. because our view is this. if enough dead bodies pile up on the beach, they'll fire the lifeguard and we can get the lifeguard's job. that was the strategy of the president's opponent from the very first day. >> joining me now, democratic strategist penny lee and monica crowley. penny, there's usually a period of governance after an election, not with your crowd, but since then